Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 7890-7903Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00547
Keywords
Zn-air battery; metal-organic framework; bifunctional O-2 electrocatalysis; single atom catalyst; d-band center
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- INST Mohali
- DST SERB [CRG/2020/005683]
- DST INSPIRE [DST/INSPIRE/04/2015/000337]
- Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), India [37(2)/20/14/2018-BRNS/37144]
- DST INSPIRE
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In this study, a bifunctional electrocatalyst with target-specific Fe-N-4/C and Co-N-4/C isolated active sites was developed, showing a symbiotic effect on overall oxygen electrocatalysis performances. The dualism of N-dopants and binary metals lowered the d-band centers of Fe and Co in the catalyst, improving the overpotential of the catalytic processes. The Fe, Co, N-C catalyst demonstrated a high areal power density in both liquid and solid-state Zn-air batteries, making it a suitable candidate for air cathode material in ZABs.
An effective modulation of the active sites in a bifunctional electrocatalyst is essentially desired, and it is a challenge to outperform the state-of-the-art catalysts toward oxygen electrocatalysis. Herein, we report the development of a bifunctional electrocatalyst having target-specific Fe-N-4/C and Co-N-4/C isolated active sites, exhibiting a symbiotic effect on overall oxygen electrocatalysis performances. The dualism of N-dopants and binary metals lower the d-band centers of both Fe and Co in the Fe,Co,N-C catalyst, improving the overpotential of the overall electrocatalytic processes (Delta EORR-OER = 0.74 +/- 0.02 V vs RHE). Finally, the Fe,Co,N-C showed a high areal power density of 198.4 mW cm(-2) and 158 mW cm(-2) in the respective liquid and solid-state Zn-air batteries (ZABs), demonstrating suitable candidature of the active material as air cathode material in ZABs.
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